Metal carline.



J. A. COSTELLO.

METAL CARLINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. 1917.

Patented J uly 3, 1917.

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JOSEPH A. COSTELLO, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 CLEVELAND CAB, SPECIALTY COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

METAL CABLINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 191?.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn A. Cos'rnLLo, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Carlines; and I hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in metal carlines for car-roofs, and pertains more especially to a pressed steel carline suitable for use as one of the transverse members of a car-roof-frame comprising two laterally spaced side plates adapted to be braced apart and tied together by carlines embodying my invention.

One object of this invention is to produce a pressed steel carline which is strong, light in Weight and" comparatively inexpensive and consists of a single piece contoured as required to form two seat-members adapted to rest on the hereinbefore mentioned side plates and connected together by a substantially vertically arranged web.

Another object is to produce a carline of the character indicated which has such contour that it can be readily pressed at one operation by means of dies from a comparatively narrow oblong steel plate or sheet and that the end-portions of the carline are strong enough to successfully withstand stresses or strains to which a car-roof-frame xlS generally subjected.

With these objects in view, and to the end of attaining any other ob ect hereinbefore appearing, this invention conslsts in such peculiarities in the contour and relative arrangement of the diiferent portions of the carline as are hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings,- Figure 1 is a top plan of a carline embodying my invention and shows the carline applied to the'side plates of a car-roof-frame. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 22, Fig. 1. Figs. 1 and 2 are drawn on the same scale. Fig. 3 is a top plan showing a portion of Fig. 1 on a larger scale than Fig. 1. Fig. A is a vertical section taken along the line 4;4=, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken along the, line 5-5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a versaid flange is depresser, as at 15.

tical section taken along the line 6-6, Fig. 5. Fig. T is a vertical section taken along the line 7'. Fig. 5. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are drawn on the same scale.

Referring to said drawings, A indicates two laterally spaced substantially horizontal and substantially parallel wooden side plates of a car-roof-frame, and said side plates are adapted to be tied together and braced apart by any suitable number of carlines embodying my invention, and are shown as connected together by one of said carlines.

My improved carline comprises two subtantially horizontally arranged seat-members B formed at opposite ends respectively of the car-line and arranged to rest on the side plates A. One of said seat-members is shown resting on one of the said side plates, and the other of said seat-members is shown resting on the other of said side plates. Each seat-member is shown provided at the outer side of the adjacent side plate A with a downwardly projecting flange 10 overlapping the outer side of said side plate, and said side plate is shown recessed at its top, as at a, to receive said seat-member.

A substantially vertically arranged web 1) extends between and is connected to and integral with the seat-members B and is shown interposed endwise between the side plates A. Preferably the top of each end portion of the web 6 terminates in the seatmember 13 adjacent said end-portion of the web, and preferably said web connects with each seat-member intermediately of the side edges of said seatmember at a point spaced farther from the one than from the other of said edges. v

A laterally projecting flange 12. extends longitudinally of the web 2') at the top and one side of the web, and another laterally projecting flange 13 extends longitudinally of the web at the bottom and opposite side of the web. Preferably the top flange 12 is considerably wider than the bottom flange 13 and projects laterally of the web in the direction in which the seat-members extend .farther laterally of the web and extends preferably from end to end of the web. The inner part 14 of each end-portion of the top flange 12 connects with and preferably terminates in the adjacent seat-member B,

and the outer part of each end-portion of the outer endjo f the depressed part 15 ofeachend-portion of the top flange 12 is .formed a, substantially vertically arranged abutment-member 16 for and shown abutting against the inner side of the adjacent -'side plate A; and said abutment-member ex- Y tends said flange upwardly from said depressed part of to the adjacent seat-member B and connects at its upper end with said seati connects with the inner part 14 of sald end member, and said abutment-member also portion of said flange.

The bottom flange 13 extends preferably I from end to end ofthe web' 6. Preferably i said end-portion erably said end-portion of said flange ten minates at its upper and outer end in an abutment-member 18 for and shown abutting against the inner side of the adjacent side plate A, and said abutment-member extends upwardly from said end of said portion of said flange to said seat-member and connects at its upper end with said seatmember, and said abutment-member also connects with the adjacent end of the web Z1, It will be observed therefore that each endportion of the bottom flange 13 is connected through the medium of an abutment-member 18 with the adjacent seat-member.

By the construction hereinbei'ore de scribed it will be observed that two abutment-members 16 and 18 are formed at opposite side's respectively of each end-portion of the web 6. the engaging flange l0 and the adjacent abutment-member 16 of the car-line are shown secured together by a suitably applied bolt 20 and a nut 21. Each seat-member B and the contiguous side plate are car-line and arranged to end-portions connected to said shown secured together by suitably applied bolts 22 and nuts 23.

By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that my improved carline can readily be pressed by means of suitable dies from a comparatively narrow single oblong plate or sheet of steel, and the carline, although comparatively light in weight, has its end-portions adequately strong and efficient in bracing apart and tying together the side plates.

1. In a metal carline, two seat-members formed at opposite ends respectively of the rest on the side plates of; a car-roof-frame, a substantially vertical web arranged to extend between said side plates and connected at its ends to and integral with said seat-members, a

laterally projecting flange extending longitudinally of the .web at the top and. one vside of the web and having the inner parts of its Each side plate A andosite side of the web seat-memv the aforesaid side plates andextending upwardly from said depressed parts of said flange and connected at their upper ends to said seat-members, and a laterally projecting flange extending longitudinally of the web at the bottom and'opposite side of the web and connected to said seat-members. '2. In a, metal carline, two seat-members formed at opposite ends respectively of the carline and arranged to rest on the side plates of a car-roof-frame, a substantially vertical web, arranged to extend between saidlside plates and connected at its ends to the seat-members, a laterally projecting flange extending longitudinally of the web at the top and one side of the web and having the inner parts of its end-portions terminating in said seat-members and having the outer parts of its end-portions de-' pressed, abutment-members arranged at the outer ends of the depressed parts of said flangefor the inner sides of the aforesaid side plates and extending upwardly from said depressed parts of said flange and 'connected at their upper ends to said seat-members, and a laterally projecting flange extending longitudinally of the web at the' upper ends to the formed at opposite ends respectively of the carline and arranged .to rest on the side plates of a car-roof-frame, a substantially vertical web arranged to extend between said sideplates and connected at its ends to the seatmembers, a laterally projecting flange extending longitudinally of the web at the top and one side of the web and having the inner parts of. its end-portions connected-to the seat-members and having the outer parts of its end-portions depressed, a laterally projecting flange extending longitudinally of the web at the bottom and opabutment-members arranged at the ends of the last-mentioned flange for the inner sides of the aforesaid side plates and connected to the seat-members and to the web, and abutment-members arranged at the outer ends of the depressed parts of the first-mentioned flange for the inner sides of said side plates andext'ending upwardly from the aforesaid depressed the sectwo seat-members formed at opposite ends respectively of the carlinefandarranged to rest on the side the seat-members, the first extending upwardly i having each end-portion thereof extending upwardly toward the seat-member adjacent said end-portion, and abutment-members arranged at the upper ends of the end-pen tions of the last-mentioned flange for the moner sides of the aforesaid side plates and connected to the seat-members and to the web.

5. The combination, with two laterally spaced side plates of a car-roof-frame, of a metal carline comprising seat-members mounted on and secured to said side plates, which cal-line has a substantially vertically arranged web extending between said side plates and connected at its ends to the seatmembers and also has tWo laterally pro jecting flanges which extend longitudinally of the web along the top and bottom respectively of the .web and are arranged at opposite sides respectively of the web, said carline being provided at the outer ends of the top flange with abutment-members which are arranged at the inner sides of and secured to the aforesaid :side plates,

each end-portion of the bottom flange of the carline extending upwardly in the direction of the adjacent side plate, and the top flange of the carline being wlder than the bottom flange of the carline.

6. The combination, with two laterally spaced side plates of a car-roof-frame, of a metal carline comprising two seat-members mounted on and secured to said side plates, which carline has a substantially vertically arranged web extending between said side plates and connected at its ends to the seatmembers and also has two laterally project ing, flanges which extend longitudinally of the web along the top and bottom respec- V tively of the web and are arranged at opposite sides respectively of the web,said carline being provided at the outer ends of the top flange with abutment-members which are arranged at the inner sides of and secured to the aforesaid side plates, each end-portion of the bottom flange extending upwardly in the direction of the adjacent side plate and terminating in an abutmentmember for the inner side of said side plate.

In testimony whereof, I sign theforegoing specification, in the presence ofv two witnesses.

JOSEPH A, COSTELLO.

Witnesses: B. CtFBRoWN,

EMIL W. KnYz. 

